Career switch, measured
From Cloud Engineer to Data Architect
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 62% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Azure, Stakeholder management, Databricks; the main skills to add are Snowflake, Regulatory compliance, Data analysis, Spark.
62%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillCloud EngineerData Architect
- AWS68%34%
- Azure36%25%
- Stakeholder management41%47%
- Databricks19%31%
- Leadership47%56%
- SQL18%38%
- Python33%22%
- Google Cloud27%16%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Architect postings, rarely in Cloud Engineer ones.
SkillCloud EngineerData Architect
- Snowflake11%34%
- Regulatory compliance5%31%
- Data analysis–25%
- Spark9%22%
- Process improvement8%19%
- dbt–16%
- Cybersecurity7%16%
- Kafka6%16%
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